The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 70 46 55
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 9 20 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.291% 3.591% 2.164%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.325% 3.630% 2.258%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 14
Average salary £22,750 £27,500 £23,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.27% +15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £24,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £25,150 £37,500 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
679 551 620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.42% 98.92% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 626 485 543
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Suffolk Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich -11 6 £20,000 -27.27%
Stowmarket -2 1 £25,000 +2.04%
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Test Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title.

1 22 (78.57%) QA
2 17 (60.71%) ISEB
3 14 (50.00%) SQL
4 10 (35.71%) Client/Server
5 8 (28.57%) Oracle
5 8 (28.57%) Selenium
5 8 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 7 (25.00%) Regression Testing
6 7 (25.00%) Finance
7 6 (21.43%) Windows
7 6 (21.43%) ISTQB
8 5 (17.86%) Software Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
8 5 (17.86%) Automation Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Automated Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Replication
9 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (14.29%) MS Office
9 4 (14.29%) C#
9 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
10 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
10 3 (10.71%) Web Testing
10 3 (10.71%) Security Testing
10 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
10 3 (10.71%) V-Model
10 3 (10.71%) .NET
10 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
11 2 (7.143%) Games

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Test Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.71%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) HTML
3 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Selenium
2 1 (3.571%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Client/Server
2 5 (17.86%) Replication
3 2 (7.143%) SaaS
3 2 (7.143%) Online Games
4 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
4 1 (3.571%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 8 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 5 (17.86%) Software Testing
3 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
3 5 (17.86%) Automation Testing
3 5 (17.86%) Automated Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
5 3 (10.71%) Web Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Security Testing
5 3 (10.71%) V-Model
5 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
6 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.571%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) C#
3 2 (7.143%) VB
3 2 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) ISEB
2 6 (21.43%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.571%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (78.57%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.571%) HP
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will be required to use SQL in a .NET (VB.NET/ C#) environment and be able to deal with different test phases such as UAT, functional and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £22000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013